In October of 2013, a Pennsylvania resident named Shaneen Allen drove into New Jersey’s Atlantic County and was pulled over by police for an “unsafe lane change.” When the detaining officer arrived at her car window, Allen informed him that she was carrying a concealed firearm, and presented her Pennsylvania carry license as proof of eligibility. Unbeknownst to her at the time, however, was that New Jersey is among the 20 states that do not recognize Pennsylvania’s permit. In consequence, she was arrested. If convicted of the charges that the state has elected to bring, she will be locked in prison for up to a decade.

A single mother of two young children, Ms. Allen works more than one job and as a result leaves her home at odd times of the day. After two robberies made her aware of her vulnerability, she became convinced that she should be prepared to defend herself and her family, and resolved to do something about it. Which is to say that Ms. Allen bought her firearm, and obtained her concealed-carry permit, not to commit crimes but to prevent them. This has failed to move the prosecutor, Jim McClain, an overzealous man who has routinely declined to use the considerable latitude with which he has been entrusted by the state.

Nope. There never was such a law. Technically,even FBI agents had to ask permission of local sheriffs before they could go armed in their jurisdictions. Granted,they never asked and none of them were ever prosecuted for it,but that was and is the law of the land.

>>A lot of states have reciprocal agreements but N.J. is not one of them.<<

This was a federal law,not a state law,and only applied to travelers. Many of the northeast states had a well-deserved reputation for stopping trucks and SUV's with out of state plates on them and NRA or hunting decals on them,and searching them for weapons so they could confiscate the vehicle and the weapons,as well as lock the driver up in jail and fine him.

The end result was a nationwide federal law that gave travelers immunity if they were just passing through a state with laws more strict than the laws where they lived. In other words,if you could legally transport a weapon at home,you could legally transport it though NJ as long as you were just passing through. And passing through did include one night stays in motels.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)